Florida's hotel business rebounded in January in all but the Tampa-St. Petersburg region, where occupancy and revenue performance suffered from comparisons with the Super Bowl draw a year ago and cold weather that's affected leisure properties in Pinellas County. ...more

March 12, 2010

Senior guard Dawnn Maye scored 25 points to lead Fort Lauderdale Dillard to a 53-44 win against Boca Ciega in the Class 5A state girls basketball final Thursday night at The Lakeland Center. ...more

February 26, 2010

Spirit Airlines pilots on Monday said they are ready to strike and demonstrated outside the airline's Miramar headquarters in the latest round of a labor battle that has been ongoing for 31/2 years. ...more

February 24, 2010

Twitter's founder says the Dalai Lama laughed at the thought of using the social networking service. But the Tibetan spiritual leader now has an official Twitter site — and more than 68,000 followers. ...more

February 23, 2010

The Florida State Fairgrounds could see development of a Cirque du Soleil-style theater and entertainment complex. ...more

February 19, 2010

And now, for something completely different: The Baltimore Orioles 2010 spring training camp. ...more

February 17, 2010

Miami signed 22 players to letters-of-intent Wednesday, including two of the nation's top-ranked recruits in offensive lineman Brandon Linder and running back Storm Johnson. ...more

February 4, 2010

Tampa International Airport handles the same number of passengers in two days that Amtrak in Tampa handles over a year, but local ridership on the single northbound and southbound daily trains that stop in Tampa on a New York-Miami run continues to grow. ...more

January 27, 2010

Resembles modern streetcar with up to four cars powered by overhead electric wires. Portland, Ore.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Denver; are among widely known U.S. systems. ...more

January 24, 2010

Twitter has helped consumers find deals, lodge complaints and even report news of protests inside Iran. ...more

January 16, 2010